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season. Il was, he added with regret pity
that should be pulled down by mon whom

that should 30 pulled down BY mon whom
his sisnIps Vim tSs !. AnsrissS ,2:sSslstI.n
S%R. oSg ssa w e pTssy s sHsnis
S hsv Remained wh as% Rod s
was nothing LETT Tor me to do but sign with p,
Hssss ess GIG 70
out e his Bocks ssvss
to me- To- Be- the M' only coarse which bushes,
The n, League for my services but they would
sSy PsHi e t RPpS Ssss fss re
be- instead Of ne s vss
ter. umpire, catcher, and pitcher better oppor-
se ps The pp
with the batters box enlarged. would be oil
.6s
With three balls and three strikes, The batter
inner half Of the plate is unavailable Tor the
~, ds the PEI batter running the Tss Of get
make Kim plt sfe five s bad Bas LILO
THE catcher is bothered tho umpire is both
cred. and one OF the important elements In the
| anxious when at the bat to reach first base.
He doesn't care how he gets there provided he
injury by being hit with the BALL. Why, have
seen man after man at the bat when the pitch
at ali. through fear Of hltting, the batter; and
games have been lost and won BY It., Enlarge
he viii Be readily detected By the ' umpire. rev. who
spssRSa 4 IT, fSSs ssss
Gaffney said that Charley Benefit the Detroit's
hs Se a. smsn IN as
to s. ; bases On Bennett the BAH was always
badly that they didn't play the game Which
won for them the championship OF the Ameri
Regarding local base ball prospects he said:
nine. one which ought to play winning game.
chance to see, base ball games here or tho in:
terest would have been greater. The old grand
hF sSs ppsns as ns ss Ss
ii, ,Sr he az 81 interest when Worcester was In
THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE BREAK.
TORONTO. Nov. 1s.-The topic Of converse
ton In sporting circles here Is the deal which
brought about the separation Of the weak from
The Withdrawn q the i've hssoeatfons si rom
Ias 9 s9a VII %
League e constituted could not possibly garry
ditional interest to the. game. particularly in
Canada, where the rivalry runs high between
the Association will be increased to eight mem
bers before The opening OF the season by tho
admission OF Troy Utica and Elmira-
A THREATENED DISASTER.
the New. YORK Club and would like to get away
from 1t, Is a surprise to the base ball loving
money, AS far as has been known this great
New . York KIP pitcher has always been Satisfied
was soon settled. II Keefe insists on leaving
ay %oqd tbs f. % New
one whom Il would be next to impossible to
from other CLUBS and It is Just til likely that i he
thinks nix TIA that other eabs can afford to pay him
THE NEW ENTRANCE TO THE POLO GROUNDS.
by the city about the Fifth avenue entrance to
the Polo grounds has not frightened the man
withstandinS the fact that new lew srosnds have
work on the new plaza the grand stand of the
mond laid out. This work viii begin as soon at
as the frost is out OF the ground There does
ms ha Se Bali vii
remain where they are at least one more sea-
s2n IhS mSving 81 the dismG md howeyer
fence more frequently, and 1t will also give the
other players chance to rival him.
THE RULES SHOULD HAVE BEEN LET ALONE.
Big Dan Brouthers does not think much Of
sH %sS and should Ss aons
moving Of the batter's box win ali tend to
The idea was. when the last years rules V were
made, that more batting was what was want
TIE Taxing os o %d s h %e
ever, throws the work back on the pitcher and |
fnssheP again and h reduces the change for bat
chance as the rule stood before. but they have
no chance now. You will find that am right |
he has to 20 right in and make q rush at the |
ball. and first thing he knows, why, he Is out"
THE THoUGHTLEss YOUNG PLAYER.
IT may not oe generally known, said Mana
Chicago. Detroit, or Boston. " hen one Of these,
more money ior i Vii DO no goo s o These
tn hey pad IN s s Zig
indianapolis club They do not recognize that
they would have chance for Improvement in
they must be on an equality with the best or they
ssg sa hs%s ball players viii learn
ladder"
PROJECT OF A SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
The Atlanta Constitution says: Speaking OF
base ball-and it 10 about time to begin speak
is a proposition that is ant to
meet with favor. It comes from well known
manager Of one Of the big League clubs The
The past he said, can never be a success. /
mean SUCCESS financially, for that is the one
The reason OF this is that the Jumps
are entirely too long railroad fares eating up
he profits. The schedule recently adopted by
ne southern Passenger Association for base
I will not entirely do away with the evil
Now my idea is simply this: A Southeast
,rn League would leave out New Orleans on
he one side and Nashville on the other You
ian lind eight good towns comparatively close
you'd do away entirely with expensive jumps,
The cities would suggest are Atlanta, Macon,
savannah and Augusta In Georgia; Birmlng-
looga and Charleston. You win readily see |